The scale of the sexual abuse scandal at the BBC widened significantly Thursday as police reported that the number of people accusing one of Britain's best-known television hosts of misconduct had risen to around 300 from 200, and said other people may have acted with him.

The police account also seemed to reinforce British news reports that the inquiries into accusations of sexual abuse against the host, Jimmy Savile, were spreading to broader questions of possible misconduct in other parts of the BBC and to suggestions of networks of abuse at hospitals associated with Savile's ostensibly philanthropic works.

Police said the number of potential victims had increased as more people contacted officers with accusations of abuse. All but two of the cases involved girls, Peter Spindler, a police commander, told reporters. He said detectives had interviewed 130 people so far, and those conversations had produced 114 "allegations of crime."

He also said that while most of the accusations related to Savile, other people may have acted either with him or separately. The officer did not identify the suspects by name. No arrests have been made so far, but officers are "preparing an arrest strategy," he said.

"There's Savile on his own, and that's the vast majority of what we're being told about; there's Savile and others," the officer said. "Then there is a third category which is 'others.'"

Thompson has agreed to answer questions from Parliament and from the independent investigators examining the events at the BBC.

Without identifying its source, The Guardian said Thursday in a front-page report that police have been given details of three doctors accused of abusing young people in their care at hospitals associated with Savile's charitable initiatives.